We the West basketball festival organizers invited local artists to reflect the spirit of Olympic qualifiers event through a court mural project, a meeting of sports and art. UVic alum Emily Thiessen鈥檚 mural design is a hawk taking flight while honouring the beauty of l蓹k虛史蓹艐蓹n and W瘫S脕NE膯 territories.
Cedar Hill Corner, the 40-acre undeveloped parcel of university property located adjacent to Cedar Hill Cross Road, has recently undergone a property management review.
2020 was like no other鈥攁nd the UVic community kept doing what we do best. Here are just a few of the many stories that helped shape a year of news.
101 UVic student-athletes were named Vikes Honour Roll recipients, breaking the record set in 2016-17. Katie Martens and Samuel Seshadri received the Provost Award for highest GPA.
The 13th Annual Vikes Championship Breakfast virtual event raised more than $525,000 for student-athlete scholarships. The 13-year event series have now cleared the $6.1 million mark since 2008.
Paul Whitinui (School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education) is an Indigenous M膩ori scholar from Aotearoa New Zealand and is available to media to discuss this week鈥檚 announcements that the Washington Redskins and the Saanich Braves, under increasing public and financial pressure, will change their nicknames.
Vikes athletics is advancing the package of initiatives announced earlier this year that further its commitment to providing a supportive high-performance athletic environment aligned with the principles of safe sport. Safe sport principles recognize that all athletes and coaches have the right to participate in a safe and inclusive training environment that is free of abuse, harassment or discrimination.
UVic is unveiling several initiatives that build on the Vikes' rich athletic tradition and its ongoing and deep commitment to providing a supportive high-performance environment for student athletes. The changes and additions aim to affirm, educate and support a culture of excellence for UVic athletics and provide improved resources for students and coaches.
The Vikes men's rugby team edged the UBC Thunderbirds 21-20 to hoist the program's third-ever Canadian national championship title in Montreal.
The Vikes women's field hockey team were crowned U Sportsnational champions on home turf.
The 番茄社区 will be well represented at the upcoming 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. A total of 18 former or current varsity student-athletes will represent Canada across four sports including field hockey, rugby sevens, rowing and swimming.
As head of Surf Canada, Dom Domic (BA 鈥�92, MPA 鈥�96) champions the sport and its athletes as surfing debuts in the 2020 Olympics. He says his love of UVic was equal to his love of surfing, so combining the two was a natural step.
The World University Games are the second-biggest multi-sport event after the Olympics, and this month, 22-year-old Vikes rower David Walker is competing for Canada on the cross-country skiing team.
Joining the UVic Sports Hall of Fame in 2019 are Lori Clarke, a two-time women's basketball national champion; Sara Brant Ballantyne, a member of the inaugural national championship-winning women鈥檚 field hockey team; and Michael Holmes, an outstanding contributor and champion for Vikes rugby.
On Aug. 28, UVic and UBC came together in Victoria to announce the launch of the Legends Cup Series,聽which will reignite the long-standing rivalry between the Vikes and Thunderbirds. The Legends Cup is the new trophy that will be awarded to one of the two universities based on a series of varsity athletic competitions this season.
A new era is set to begin for the UVic Vikes women's rowing program, after naming Olympian and former Vikes men's rower Barney Williams as program leader. Williams will take charge of the program following the recent retirement of Rick Crawley.
